What the world's media makes of Trump going on trial - BBC News

Pictures of Donald Trump in a New York courtroom made headlines globally. Here's a flavour of what was said.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024Image source, Getty ImagesPictures of Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom have accompanied countless front-page stories about the first-ever criminal trial of a serving or former US president.

That coverage has not been limited to the US. The world's media have carried the story - remarking on the man who wants to return to the White House and the case against him.

Mr Trump denies 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a $130,000 payment made by his lawyer to buy the silence of an adult film star just before the 2016 election. She alleges they had an affair; he denies the story.

So how is the historic trial being covered, from Beijing to Rome? We asked our colleagues at BBC Monitoring, which tracks and analyses media around the world.

By Tom Lam, BBC Monitoring China specialist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68848276

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